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I figured it was better to post in this thread instead of starting another. Question: Which version of "The Sixth Sense" (single or double disc) is best to get on DVD. Does the double disc offer anything substantially more than the single? Note that it's half price for the single disc version.

I figured it was better to post in this thread instead of starting another. Question: Which version of "The Sixth Sense" (single or double disc) is best to get on DVD. Does the double disc offer anything substantially more than the single?

"It was a bedtime story I told my kids," M. Night Shyamalan says of his latest film, which stars Paul Giamatti as Cleveland, a lonely apartment building superintendent with a checkered past who discovers a narf (Bryce Dalls)-a creature from a childrens story- in the complexs swimming pool. "I'm a pisces, so I've always been a little bit fishlike," says Howard, who worked with Shyamalan on The Village. "Actually, we kept making a joke about it, because Paul has to spend significantly more time in the water, so we kept saying it should be called Man the Water." As Cleveland strives to help the vulnerable narf return to her world, he realizes that he and his fellow tenant are also characters in the fable. "Nobody believes it," says Shyamalan, who is also spinning the tale into a illustrated childrens book. "If I told you Santa Claus is real, you wouldnt (believe it). So its all about, how much do you believe and are your mind and hear topen to this kind of stuff?"

Adrian: Actually since you believe that there is a line between succesfulness and pretentiousness, you directly imply that they are mutually exclusive because you can draw a line between the two and place one on one side and one on the other. Wow, just wanted to talk about the movie. My points now ignored for semantics and improper use of terms, so lets just move on. I concede again. Now anything you'd like to discuss about the upcoming film?

drudo182: As for Lady, I wasn't too happy with what it was about at first but the more I hear, and the teaser I saw along with the poster make me super excited. I'm pretty darn pumped now. Sounds like it could be a good one..

Nice! I was apprehensive at first but after seeing Freddy Rodriguez and Jeffery Wright in it I was more hopeful. Plus Giamatti, good stuff. Gotta like the cast at least. Hope its good enought to warrent people liking it more than Village.

GRZA wrote: Not anywhere did I say the two 'are mutually exclusive' or cannot coexist in the same person either. So I posed the question, "WHERE DOES THE LINE OF PROVEN SUCCESS AND PRETENSION STAND?" (which was still has not been addressed). Thats my question and the crux of what I'm talking about, not the definition of pretentiousness.

Actually since you believe that there is a line between succesfulness and pretentiousness, you directly imply that they are mutually exclusive because you can draw a line between the two and place one on one side and one on the other.

Well, Unbreakable had a "twist" but it wasn't like how it was for Sixth Sense.

Now that I think about it, it is actually a twist. So fine, it's a twist.

Signs though. There wasn't a real twist to that one. I just thought it was an ending. I liked it a lot though.

As for Lady, I wasn't too happy with what it was about at first but the more I hear, and the teaser I saw along with the poster make me super excited. I'm pretty darn pumped now. Sounds like it could be a good one.

Adrian wrote: You seem to be a little confused. You can be highly successful and still be pretentious. They are not mutually exclusive or even contradictory terms.

Well, I've been confused before - but not here Where in my posts did I imply that? No where that I can see. You’re actually helping me prove my point, thank you!

Just because someone is highly successful does not make them pretentious and vice versa. Ok, we agree on that. Not anywhere did I say the two 'are mutually exclusive' or cannot coexist in the same person either. So I posed the question, "WHERE DOES THE LINE OF PROVEN SUCCESS AND PRETENSION STAND?" (which was still has not been addressed). Thats my question and the crux of what I'm talking about, not the definition of pretentiousness.

Im not trying to be difficult or nitpick this subject to death, just trying to understand everyone’s pov

I hear ya. Like I said before, I think the body of his work is so incredible, regardless of his last film he deserves a little more leeway and benefit of the doubt. I know a lot of people who didt like The Village, so its understandable.

But keep in mind, his 4 movies have grossed almost 1.6 BILLION worldwide - just at the box office. Where does the line of proven success and pretention stand? He has every right to tote it as 'MNS Presents' or whatever because #1 its his concept, script and direction and #2 its a powerful tag - people recognize and pay better attention becuase of his name and the success he's had.

For me, Ill be droppin my 10 bones at the theater, but understand why others would wait.

Quote: I understand people didnt like Village, but does that totally wipe out everything else he has done?

And Lady in the Water screams of pretention? What the hell are you talking about? Please explain.

It doesn't wipe out his past work, but it does make me much more skeptical to go pay $10 to see his films in the theater. He thinks that just by slapping a "film by M.Night Shyamalan" on the title that people are going to flock to the theater to see it. If memory serves me correctly this will be the third film to follow in this vein, with "M.Night Shyamalan's Signs" and "M.Night Shyamalan's The Village" which is how both of those films were advertised. I don't think he has the repertoire of films under his belt to consider him a "great" filmmaker on par with Spielberg, Hitchcock, etc.

MrFlix wrote: I just lost complete faith in him when I saw "The Village." I felt it was a complete cop out, I loved Signs, Sixth Sense, and Unbreakable, but The Village just screamed of pretension as does Lady in the Water. I understand people didnt like Village, but does that totally wipe out everything else he has done?

And Lady in the Water screams of pretention? What the hell are you talking about? Please explain.

I just lost complete faith in him when I saw "The Village." I felt it was a complete cop out, I loved Signs, Sixth Sense, and Unbreakable, but The Village just screamed of pretension as does Lady in the Water.

Worst Nightmare wrote: Remember he did write "Stuart Little" Yeah, and also remember he wrote and directed -The Sixth Sense -Unbreakable -Signs -The Village All incredible movies (not without flaws of course). So he's done -Ghost story -Superhero story -Aliens story -Monster/period piece/drama (open for interpretation) Now he is doing a Fairy Tale story imho.

I'm really looking forward to it, and I know little to nothing about it. I can understand if people just don’t like his movies due to their personal tastes, but they always quality across the board. He deserves our collective benefit of the doubt

Well, he's calling it a 'bedtime story'...hopefully it doesn't wind up being some PG-rated family movie, which I doubt, but it's hard to picture a PG-13 rated thriller with the intro "a bedtime story written and directed by M. Night Shymalan"...so I dunno.